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Summary: This book makes me angry
Review: This may sound like the kind of frothing review written by somebody who never read the book, but who dislikes the author and gives a bad review on principle; this isn't the case. I liked Vonnegut when I picked up this novel, on account of the much better Cat's Cradle and Mother Night, but after reading Breakfast I began to change my mind. I don't think people should be able to get away with writing books like this. It's self-indulgent. It's heavy-handed, smug, obnoxious and fatuous; even if I agreed with Vonnegut completley, I don't think I would be able to stomach it. His philosophy is presented as a matter of fact, in short, self-satisfied bursts of introspection, while characters from his other novels blunder around pointlessly - but what separates this novel from some existentialist or surrealist masterpiece is the disgusting, homespun sentimentality evident on every single page. It's a grand combination of nonsense and mawkishness, peppered, just for the heck of it apparently, with the tons of 'cute' sexual references and the occasional obscene drawing. Because Vonnegut himself is such an overbearing presence in the novel, I found myself hating him personally when I had finished it. Please, please don't buy this book; bury the abberation, don't let other authors think that this is what the novel has become.
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Summary: Ridiculously funny
Review: i spent the whole book laughing outloud. it was fabulous. i wish every book were like this one.
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Summary: This is a great book about the French Revolution!
Review: France was in revolution at some point, and some bad things happenned; needless to say someone died and some other people probably starved to death. Vonnegut is the Wesley Willis of literature, except not crazy and schizophrenic, and he makes a lot more sense...and isn't dead! This book was great. Better than the first girl I ever made love to. In fact, I pushed her out of bed when she tried to initiate some sort of action (*hint hint nudge nudge) while I was reading!
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Summary: Read it and know the genius of Vonnegut
Review: I have used this book on several occasions to introduce friends and family to Vonnegut. In this fast and easy read, you have all of Vonnegut's strengths, all the elements of his masterpieces (Slaughterhouse-Five, Cat's Cradle, etc.) in one amazing novel. It is hilarious and ridiculous at times (he illustrates the novel himself with hand-drawn pictures of underpants and wide-open beavers), but always there is the genuine love for human beings and the deep feelings of hope and loss which Vonnegut and his fellow WW2 soldier/writer Joseph Heller are famous for. Read this book as an introduction to his other works. If you've already read some of Vonnegut's works, you can find all the threads of his philosophy come together here. Make it the beginning and the end to a Vonnegut study-- die-hard fans, read it again! You will discover something new to enjoy every time you read it. Ah, and this is one of those situations where the film adaptation should NOT be substituted for the real thing, nor should you judge the book by the horrid movie of the same name.
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Summary: A Giddy, Existential Delight
Review: "Breakfast of Champions" was Kurt Vonnegut's birthday present to himself as he reached the half-century mark. How gracious of him to share this purging with the reading public. Dark, disturbing, and hilarious, this novel stands among the finest of the previous century. Courage. Bravo, Mr. Vonnegut.
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Summary: Classic Kurt
Review: Breakfast of Champions is Kurt Vonnegut at his finest. Instead of his usual attempt to focus around a central theme, Vonnegut attacks everything American in BofC. Critics argue that the novel lacks the depth of his other books. On the contrary, he is quite thorough, albeit he forces the reader to think a bit on his or her own without anything being spelled out. This leaves the reader pondering Vonnegut's insightful remarks for weeks afterwards. When someone recommends classic Vonnegut, they usually say Slaughterhouse 5. I think they should reconsider and move this novel to the top of their list.
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Summary: amusingly vonnegut
Review: that's all.
it's vonnegut. and it's funny.
take an hour or two to read it.
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Summary: Perplexing, long, somewhat difficult, yet lucid
Review: Kurt Vonnegut has always been a very interesting writer. The pinnacle of his unpredictability was his 1973 novel, Breakfast of Champions. Vonnegut created two complex characters, Kilgore Trout and Dwanye Hoover. Kilgore Trout is an 'unknown' science fiction writer and Dwayne Hoover is a Midwest Pontiac dealer who uses Trout's book "Now It Can Be Told" as his inspiration for being a "homicidal maniac." Despite the winding storyline, Vonnegut's personal philosophy creeps in about racism, sexism, jingoism and everything else wrong in American society. You have to read this book carefully and thoroughly or else it will fly over your head. It's an awesome book, perhaps one of his best novels.
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Summary: The Musings of A Vonnegut Novice
Review: I had decided to read a Vonnegut novel since there is so much buzz among some of my elitist friends about what a genius he is. I was not dissappointed. The book had a very interesting feel to it. I appreciated the way that the author would deliberatley stray from the subject from time to time as if he was telling a story rather than writing a book. I also liked the way he satirizes American culture. He describes a common occourence like it was the first time you had ever heard about it. For instance he feels he must remediate the reader as to why men buy pornography. Some other reviewers have commented about the amount of racism in the novel. It is true that there is a lot of racism in the book, but I think that the author does this to show the evil inherent in racism and not to be racist himself, much the way Mark Twain does in Huckleberry finn. To acknowledge that racism exists does not make you racist. The novel builds to a very interesting climax which presents a paradox that I never seen done in American literature. I will reveal this paradox only because it is what attracted me to the novel in the first place. If you do not want to know read no further. Vonnegut writes himself into the novel and confronts his main character revealing to him that he is a fabrication, a creature of his own mind.
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Summary: Not the Vonnegut I was looking for
Review: After reading Galapagos and Cat's Cradle, Breakfast of Champions poorly portray's the brilliance of Kurt Vonnegut. The story drags and seems inadequate.
It does pick up at the end though, where it somewhat redeems itself. Vonnegut's typical skewed view of the world narrates you through the story of two strangers who have alot more to do with each other than they know of. Vonnegut shares with the readers his view on life.
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